Category: Politics
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The UN arms embargo and targeted sanctions on Sudan lapse on 12 September unless the Security Council renews them. The renewal is near-certain. The argument is over whether measures written for Darfur in 2005 still describe the war being fought in 2026.
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The former prime minister is standing down as MP for Holborn and St Pancras, triggering a by-election. He cannot technically resign — no British MP can. Here is the 1624 workaround, and what happens next.
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The Army Secretary resigned after eighteen months, saying the Defense Secretary was blocking modernisation by firing the generals running it. He is the fourth senior Army departure this year, six months into a war.
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Emails show US immigration officials arranged three deportation flights to Iran carrying more than 100 people between September 2025 and January 2026 — a working channel between two governments heading for war.
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New Mexico’s former House Democratic floor leader was convicted of diverting education funds. It is the latest in a run of cases in one small, unsalaried legislature — and it stopped at the state line.
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Six members of Taiwan’s legislature are facing corruption proceedings this term, across both major parties. One first-instance sentence of seven years, one conviction overturned on appeal — and almost no coverage outside Taiwan.
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Harald V died on Friday at 89. His son became king at that moment, takes the oath before parliament tomorrow, and will not be crowned — Norway abolished the coronation in 1908. The state funeral is on 9 September.
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Guinea-Bissau voted on a new constitution that would let the president hire and fire the prime minister and dissolve parliament. Turnout passed 55 per cent; the main opposition party boycotted. Results are due Tuesday.
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Icelanders voted 52.8 per cent to 47.2 per cent against reopening EU membership talks, on a turnout of 82.5 per cent. The government framed it as a security question. Voters answered a fishing question.
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The US ambassador to Belgium posted an AI-generated image mocking the health minister over alcohol warning labels. Brussels summoned him — for the second time this year. The joke got the coverage; the question of what a summons is actually for did not.